Table 1 Participant and pain characteristics of study cohort..

From: Clinical predictive modelling of post-surgical recovery in individuals with cervical radiculopathy: a machine learning approach

Variables

Complete (n = 71)

Missing_exclude (n = 8)

Missing_include (n = 122)

Total (n = 201)

P value

Group

    

0.787

Standard

33 (46.5%)

4 (50.0%)

63 (51.6%)

100 (49.8%)

 

Structured

38 (53.5%)

4 (50.0%)

59 (48.4%)

101 (50.2%)

 

Sex

    

0.570

Male

37 (52.1%)

5 (71.4%)

61 (50.8%)

103 (52.0%)

 

Female

34 (47.9%)

2 (28.6%)

59 (49.2%)

95 (48.0%)

 

Age (years)

    

0.035

Mean (SD)

51.986 (8.379)

48.750 (8.908)

48.779 (8.261)

49.910 (8.426)

 

NDI_12m

    

0.401

Mean (SD)

11.296 (8.561)

6.571 (5.062)

11.095 (9.427)

10.972 (8.839)

 

Vas_neck_now_12m

    

0.304

Mean (SD)

22.775 (24.282)

9.286 (9.268)

19.078 (24.542)

20.444 (23.984)

 

Vas_arm_now_12m

    

0.348

Mean (SD)

22.254 (28.203)

7.625 (15.352)

20.525 (26.442)

20.664 (26.931)

 

Vas_neck_now baseline

    

0.259

Mean (SD)

57.873 (22.601)

68.125 (25.284)

54.650 (25.275)

56.367 (24.384)

 

Vas_arm_now baseline

    

0.407

Mean (SD)

50.662 (25.879)

63.375 (34.727)

49.456 (29.344)

50.477 (28.328)

 

NDI baseline

    

0.469

Mean (SD)

19.887 (6.898)

23.375 (10.141)

20.730 (8.541)

20.537 (8.055)

 
  1. Complete individuals with complete data, Missing_exclude individuals with missing data and excluded from analysis, Missing_include individuals with missing data and included in analysis, NDI neck disability index, Vas_neck(arm)_now_12m current neck (arm) pain intensity at 12mth follow up, Vas_neck(arm)_now baseline current neck (arm) pain intensity at baseline.